Auburn football: 4 potential replacements for Gus Malzahn

Auburn might stick with Gus Malzahn for one more year but if he was to be fired, the Tigers should look at hiring one of these four coaches.

Auburn now sits 5-4 with one regular season game to play and the Tigers have yet to beat a team with a winning record.

The Gus Malzahn era has grown stale as the Tigers are looking at a four-loss season for the seventh straight year, something on Saturday that he said would be a “solid” season.

So the two questions facing the powers that are at Auburn are these: should the Tigers pay the buyout to get rid of Malzahn and, if so, who should replace him.

Here are four candidates, from upcoming star to long shot, to be the Auburn coach in 2021.